On March 13, users visiting some of the highest profile WeChat public accounts -- including individuals like legal scholar Xu Xin, self-media like Consensus Net and Elephant Magazine, and the WeChat presence of one of the accounts affiliated with Caixin, one of China's top finance and political news outlets -- found the accounts had been deleted with no apparent forewarning. Visitors attempting to access those accounts receive a message that the given account "has been repeatedly reported," and upon investigation has been shown to be "in violation of the rules, and all of its functions have been deleted." The message advises users t